The State of Oklahoma is engaged in a trial against Johnson & Johnson, seeking to recover damages for the company's alleged contribution to the opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma already settled for a $270M, which will hardly put a dent in the fortunes the
Sackler crime family has earned over the years peddling oxycontin as "safe" even though they knew better. But J&J wanted to go to trial.
I prefer that states bring these sorts of actions instead of private parties; it removes the distortion of lawyers trying to get wealthy on 40% contingencies. I also like the fact that they are tying it before a judge, who will explain the legal reasoning behind whatever ruling he makes and who will (hopefully) be less swayed by emotions than juries can be in these types of cases.
It will be interesting to see how this ends up.